Tees
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tees
BuilderWilliam Taylor, Bideford
Laid downOctober 1813
Launched17 May 1817
CommissionedSeptember 1818
Decommissioned1827
FateSank in 1872
General characteristics
Class and type28-gun sixth-rate Conway-class post ship
Tons burthen450 bm
Length
  • 108 ft 6 in (33.1 m) (gundeck)
  • 90 ft 1.25 in (27.5 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 8 in (9.3 m)
Depth of hold9 ft (2.74 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement155
Armament
  • 28 guns:
  • UD: 18 × 32-pdrs carronades
  • QD: 6 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder carronades
  • and 2 × 6-pdr chase guns

HMS Tees was a Conway-class 28-gun sixth rate post ship, launched in Bideford in 1817. She was used as the "Mariners' Church" permanently moored in St Georges Dock, Liverpool, from 1827 until she sank on 6 June 1872.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Local and General". Leeds Mercury. No. 10660. Leeds. 10 June 1872.

Bibliography

Conway-class post ships